A second body has been found in the rubble of Didcot power station six months after it collapsed killing four workers
Relatives of missing Ken Cresswell, 57, and John Shaw, 61, told of the discovery
POLICE said this evening they believe they have found the body of one of the last two men remaining inside the collapsed Didcot power station.
Relatives of Ken Cresswell, 57, and John Shaw, 61, who were both from Rotherham, South Yorks. have been informed of the discovery.
Contractors have now halted the removal of debris so a specialist rescue team can enter and retrieve the body from the Oxfordshire site.
Rescuers plan a guard of honour as the body is removed for formal identification.
The discovery comes a week after the body of Christopher Huxtable, 34, from Swansea, was discovered.
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Specially-trained Thames Valley Police officers are supporting the families of the two remaining men.
A fourth man was also killed when part of the huge power station collapsed during demolition work in February.
Police today said that the recovered body had not yet been identified but the Oxfordshire coroner had been told of the development.
Families of the three men whose bodies were buried under the rubble for six months severely criticised police and the recovery teams for taking so long to start the mission of rescuing the bodies.
In the end, they waited until last month to start after blowing up the remaining part of the old power station.
The building was said to have been too unstable to be approached and a 50-metre exclusion zone was set up around the site.
A spokesman for Thames Valley Police said that the second body has been located at Didcot power station following the partial collapse of the boiler house in February.
"The contractors have paused the removal of debris so that specialists from Thames Valley Police, Fire and Rescue's Urban Search and Rescue and the South Central Ambulance Service Hazardous Area Recovery Team, can enter the site," said the spokesman.
"The safe recovery of the body will take place and the Disaster Victim Identification process will commence.
"The person has not yet been formally identified and this will be a matter for the coroner."
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